Category: Garden

Every day during the 5 week trip I had seen Hummingbird Hawk-moths (Macroglossum stellatarum for those of you who like the proper name) feeding from lavendar on the rear terrace. … Read More

The first few days of the trip it rained most of the time, this visually reminded me that while the underground pipes had been installed for a surface drain (to … Read More

The area around the pond was becoming overshadowed by a large sycamore tree and the smaller trees were suffering due to a lack of light once leaves were on the … Read More

The old barn walls have been covered with ivy and other climbing, clinging, destructive weeds (plants is far too kind) since we bought the house. The smaller of the two … Read More

The pond was extremely low but this did give us the opportunity to wade in and clean out a lot of vegetation and muck. It was another very dry summer … Read More

Along with the major works around the pool a couple of other groundworks were completed. The infilling behind one of the walls was completed up to the level of the … Read More

All the work on the pond seems to be paying off as on this visit the water is very clear allowing you to see all the leaves and debris on … Read More

Each year the invaders get bigger and bigger, this year we have some wild cats in one of the outbuildings! Hate to think what we will have next year!

When we had the roof replaced (3 years ago, doesn’t time fly) we made the revolutionary step of having gutters put around the roof. These came down 2 downpipes and … Read More